1. [informal] A homosexual man
   "before he came out he'd never been called a fag";
   - gay man, gay, fagot [N. Amer, informal], faggot [informal], fairy [informal], pansy [informal], queen [informal], poof [informal], pouf [informal]
    
2. [Brit, informal] Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
   "he took a drag on his fag and expelled the smoke slowly";
   - cigarette, cigaret [US], coffin nail [informal], gasper [Brit, informal], ciggy [Brit, informal], durry [Austral, informal], cig [informal], smoke [informal]
    
3. A tedious or tiring task
   "Cleaning the attic was a real fag"

1. [informal] Work hard
   "He fagged away at his studies all night";
   - labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], toil, travail [literary], grind [informal], drudge, dig [US, informal], moil [N. Amer]
    
2. [informal] Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
   "We fagged ourselves out on this hike";
   - tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out [Brit, informal], fatigue, knacker [Brit, informal]
    
3. [Brit, archaic] Act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools
   "The first-year students had to fag for the seniors, doing their laundry and running errands"

Derived forms: fags, fagged, fagging

Type of: adult male, assist, attend, attend to, bozo [N. Amer, informal], cat [N. Amer, informal], chappie [Brit, informal], gay, geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], hombre [N. Amer, informal], homophile [archaic], homosexual, indispose, man, roll of tobacco, serve, sod [informal], wait on, wait upon, work

Encyclopedia: Fag